"I HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR BECOMING THE RPA MEMBER"
Aravot.am
15 July 06
Margaret Yesayan
Minister of Defense Serge Sargsian replied to "Aravot’s" questions
during the meeting with journalists
Mr. Sargsian you declared some days ago that you will speak about
your membership into any party in a week but that time has already
expired and you haven’t issued a statement, tell about your position,
future projects and whether you are going to become the RPA member.
– What does "the time has already expired" mean, have you asked me
the tenth day and I haven’t answered? I have already applied to the
council of the Republican Party for becoming the party member. – Is
it true that the PM Andranik Margarian will send in his resignation
after the coming RPA special session and Serge Sargsian will fill
the post of the Prime Minister? – This is invented news with its
implications and aims. That time will also pass, and everybody will
see that those persons neither have a political sense of smell
nor they can predict political processes in the republic for the
coming two weeks. – According to the political analyses the most
real candidate of the presidential elections in 2008 is Minister of
Defense Serge Sargsian. Are you going to nominate your candidacy and
if yes, will your political support be only the RPA or other political
powers, too? – In any case, we’ll speak about it after parliamentary
elections because if the RPA and its supporting powers don’t have a
serious presence, it will be meaningless to speak about the future
steps. When we see we have a support, if we see our people approve
our ideas, our projects, why not. – A lot of famous businessmen
don’t hide that they are going to become the RPA member because
Serge Sargsian is also going to become. Your opinion about it. –
I don’t think only businessmen will become the RPA member. It is
also a selected approach. People who intend to criticize, libel me,
they aren’t so clever writing about omissions and condemning me but
the society don’t often agree with them. Is it bad when a part of
businessmen pin their hopes on me? If there were no businessman in
this country it wouldn’t develop. The businessmen must be encouraged.
– If you become the President of the Republic in 2008 where will
Robert Kocharian be and what post will he fill? – You know very well
that I don’t like to speak with "if". We have two years. – What do
you think about "Prosperous Armenia" party, as there are publishing
in the press that the activation of that party has been stopped and
the RPA is the reason of it. – Frankly speaking I don’t know about
it. I think the Republican shouldn’t have jealous approaches towards
any demonstration. Let me give an example from your beloved theme,
chess. The coach of our combined team Arshak Petrosian suggested after
the 5th round in Turin and everybody agreed with him as they all were
thinking in that way. Let’s not pay attention to others result, it
must be all the same for us whether Russia will win or won’t, China
will lose or won’t etc. Let’s win our 3 points, 2,5 points, 4 points
in each round and nobody can win us. We must work ourselves. The
Republican must make efforts to have a bigger base don’t looking at
others. I wish lack everybody who works.